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urinator

uri·na·tor

UK/ˈjʊəɹɪˌneɪtə/ US/ˈjʊəɹɪˌneɪtɚ/ uncommon obsolete

noun

1.

a person who urinates

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From Latin ūrīnātor (“diver”), from ūrīnārī + -tor (suffix forming a (masculine) agent noun). Ūrīnārī is the present active infinitive of ūrīnor (“to plunge under water, dive”), possibly from ūrīna (“urine; water (?)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to moisten; to flow”).

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